The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1887-07-07
SEASIDE COTTAGE.I HTslf
0cenes and Sojourners ut q Pleasant Sum
mer Resort Near BostOn.
BY JENNY JUNE.
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BY JENNY JUNE.
tcopyrionted, 1ss7.1
N.u.. .re often m;snomers tbis "a mt
The cottage in which am writing has the
"a On almost every side of II. and weel, or
two weeks with the salt-sea air blowing in
~ every window is an ocean trim without the
a;scornfort and With the great events of an
oc..n vovooe viz the sebt of great steam-
sr,and The sioht of land thrown in. For we
.r. here on tbe hav as we'll as the sea and
m .hir leaves Roston barbor that docs NOT
..,i ,,o;ost;co,lv nost Seaside COTTAGE and
N;no a sslpte from, its remnant IN the eyes
th.t watch Il from the beach or the window.
HuIl ;s nou a SWIMMER resort constantly
,rov;no in ;mnor1apce because of ito near.
me- IN RostonEless than an hours sail-bnt
- once a little f;sbing.villape occunvinp
an island of itself and quite isolated. not
only from the mainland of Boston. but
from that which now forms the rest of the
promontory. and known as the "South
Shore" This shore-line constitutes the
heacb NJ Nantasket and unon II are the
towns Of Hinpbam. Cobasset. and the Conev
I.land collection of hotels navil;ons and
boardinp.bouses of Nantasket. There was
alwavs a ibar', between Hull and Nantasket,
but Il was generally covered with water and
vas onIv an obstacle to boats. wagons and
ne5estr;ans. But a violent storm arose.
and blew and dr;fted sand and stones to
such FOOD nurpose that when II was over
ths ROADWAY was found to have been formed
unon the hsr and the nermanent connection
st.hl;.hed which has since made one town.
ship of Hull and Nantasket, and gives to the
an unbroken beacb-side of five or six miles
upon firm and smooth sand and diversified
hv = cnr;ons and unusual blending of wide
- views the breaking of the waters mon
theshore. and an English ereenness of grass
and trees and vine-coyered walls.
Where Won land at Hull there is a pretty
clubhouse, with broad piazzas, from which
the members and their friends watch the
progress of regattas, and where once in two
weeks hop is given, which brings out the
pretty girls staying at the hotels-and
naturally the young men. On the sides of
the one street from the landing are the
hotels, the shops, and the postoffice, the
former supplemented during the summer by
dealers who come from Boston with tempt
ing confectionery and the like, but not as
vet with painted PLAQUES and city millinery,
The shade hats and deep pokes occupy a
glass case in the grocery stores, and vary
hfom ten to twenty five cents each. thought
one for the latter sum. trimmed it with
blue gauxe veil, and put it on while waiting
for ''change." The "swell' summer cottages
arc upon Snow hill, which commands a
magnificent near and distant view, and an
active and ever-changing panorama.
In cosy nook, near the bend of the road,
whens you turn down to the shore road,
stands cottage painted yellow, with brown
tiled roof, which is the summer home Of the
Boston poet-John Boyle OReilly-and his
family. It is closed now, for the summer
yeGidents remain in town for the sake of its
early peas and Strawberries, salad and a.
pAragus, and do not put In an appearance
until the first of July, just in time to escape
dH pistol.shooting and fire-crackers. Hull